ComputerBusinessReview has an interview with RedHat CEO Matt Szulik where he states that Novell's acquisition of Suse has had no effect on RedHat's market share. But I think it did. I would suggest that RedHat's market share has increased due to the Suse acquisition.
Novell's acquisition of SUSE in particular was supposed to mount more of a challenge to Red Hat's dominant position as the leading enterprise Linux distributor, but Mr Szulik maintained that the purchase has had no identifiable impact on Red Hat's business."I can't think of any," he said, adding that the attention paid to Novell's Linux business was disproportionate. "I think people like the idea of this 5,400 employee software company buying up a German Linux distributor. I think they liked the theatre of it."
Red Hat's subscription revenue in EMEA was greater than Novell's entire worldwide Linux revenue. (Sorry Matt)
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on October 10, 2005 02:09 PM
